So happy we were finally able to sail again on Thursday. We tried the week before but there was absolutely no wind when we got down to the harbor with our boat. Just a bunch of fog.

We've been checking off items on this list little by little. #s 1 - 3 are done & taken care of. #4 - we've been trying. However, with the fires going on & air quality not being great we have been waiting to resume this.

First it was absolutely perfect weather & then fires hit. -Yes, they literally hit this area. We had amazing hot weather, (in the 90s like I love it), & then there was a lightening storm which started many little fires that turned into bigger fires.

We finished our ASA Coastal Cruising Class! Pretty fun class. Gave me the confidence to know we can definitely sail a keelboat. Not that I really had any doubts but nice to put it into practice.

So we've taken the first weekend in our 2 weekend class for Coastal Cruising. I did better than I thought I would! We definitely learned a lot more than we did in our Basic Keelboat class.

We went sailing last Thursday & the sailing went well. Lots of nickpicky things though to deal with as we set up & took down the boat. I can't even remember anything of significance.

We bought a boat! - The biggest thing that has happened in the last year is that we actually bought a boat. -Not our dream boat but a pretty great start.

Where to start? I got back 3 weeks ago from a two week vacation in France! It was amazing, for the most part.

I'm actually getting ready for a trip to France later this week. So have been scrambling around trying to get things done. It's good that I am busy as I would be wishing I was out on the water instead.

I haven't written in a few days as it's been such a busy week. But in the midst of the week there have been good things happening.

Well, in the evening, after we finished our sailing lessons I was going through Instagram when I found something that caught my eye. One of the people that I follow had re-posted an ad about a women's sailing group that is going around the world!

I had a video of us just after our class but I guess this blog doesn't allow videos so I just put up a picture of us on a boat instead.

A few nights ago I had a horrible nightmare. The horrible nightmare was that we missed a class! Doesn't sound bad to most people but it was a pretty bad dream to me. I guess it shows how much I've fallen in love with sailing. Ha!

Since today is Father's Day thought I'd just throw a big thanks out to my sailor dad, Terry, for putting the love of sailing into my soul.

Although it would have to be a pretty basic boat. Plus, we didn't go outside the harbor. But we did practice in the harbor channel. I can tack & jibe now.

We did it! We started taking our sailing lessons! Some things we did already know but some things I thought I knew but were wrong. For example, I've been thinking that what I thought were halyards were really shrouds.

It might seem crazy that this is my dream. We are not sailing experts. We've only sailed small boats a few times by ourselves.

After Catalina sailing, we started taking other sailing trips around the world with my family. My sister & her family live in the BVI. For their wedding we stayed on a 40+ foot catamaran & I loved it!

High school came along & my dad decided he wanted to start joining some family friends, including Brian & Jackie, to Catalina. Not Avalon, this is a place on the north east side of Catalina called Emerald Bay.

So why & how did I come to the decision that I want to sail around the world? It’s kind of a long story but if you have time read on.